Table 5.
Patient and Provider Perceptions of Weight Gain, Physical Activity, and Nutrition Counseling
| Topics in Prenatal Counseling | Patients N = 30 |
Providers N = 11 |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | % | N | % | |
| Weight Gain Discussed | 26 | 87 | 11 | 100 |
| Specific Recommendations | 14 | 47 | 6 | 55 |
| Physical Activity Discussed | 26 | 87 | 10 | 91 |
| Benefits of exercise | 15 | 50 | 3 | 27 |
| Type of exercise | 14 | 47 | 6 | 55 |
| Continue regular activities | 5 | 17 | 6 | 55 |
| Frequency, duration, intensity | 4 | 13 | 5 | 46 |
| Activities to avoid | 3 | 10 | 4 | 36 |
| Nutrition Discussed | 30 | 100 | 10 | 91 |
| Fruits and vegetables | 17 | 57 | 8 | 73 |
| Food pyramid or MyPlate | 14 | 47 | 2 | 18 |
| Increase water consumption | 10 | 33 | 2 | 18 |
| Foods to avoid | 8 | 27 | 2 | 18 |
| Limit fried foods | 7 | 23 | -- | -- |
| Limit sugar | 6 | 20 | -- | -- |
| Lean Meats | 5 | 17 | 3 | 27 |
| Calorie recommendations | 4 | 13 | -- | -- |
| Portion control | 3 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| Whole grains | 3 | 10 | 3 | 27 |
| Limit fast food/processed foods | -- | -- | 4 | 36 |
| Limit sugar-sweetened beverages | -- | -- | 3 | 27 |